I am sorry but it just seems like another case of glass half empty, if you are doing a good job then your work load in a particular area should only ever rise, as long as you not travelling miles between jobs then I cant see a problem.....
Not necessarily so. It is normal for a workload to rise in an immediate area but there are occasions when the opposite is true. The quality of work and the pricing are just two of a number of factors. The customer deciding to clean their own windows, moving away and the new owner doesn't want a service, and unemployment (or the fear of) are other reasons that are not cleaner related. Also, some retire from work and need to cut back on expenditure. Indeed, sometimes in a block of work there will nbe one or two customers who mess about. In those circumstances, it is
I who makes the decision to stop cleaning to keep the work viable.
Customer does not pay for lack of density. In my business the customer pays the same price whether the work is dense or not.
I do see things from your perspective too.
You are the canvasser. The money you get from the W/C is your business income. The quality of the work is not your problem. The longterm viability/sustainability of the work is not your problem. Padlocked gates and dogs mess all around the patio are not your problem. You are better off obtaining the work a little cheaper if it means a higher volume of customers. I'm not having a go at you. I would probably view it the same way if I were a canvasser rather than a cleaner.
There is a big grey area where a canvasser's requirements and a cleaner's requirements are not the same. It is that grey area that has brought about conflicts between the two parties in the past. If there were acceptable ways of addressing those differences, a lot could be gained by both parties.
For instance, canvassing work along a stretch of double yellow lines in a busy area near traffic lights or a junction. If I were doing my own canvassing, I would avoid like the plague. Areas where parking is particularly difficult also. I always avoided such work - even when I was building the round up at first. Not so bad back then if I could park legally and walk with the ladder but now it's tricky when using hose. Although a backpack will do some situations, it is limited IMO.